London Pleasure Gardens

The chaotic evacuation of Bloc 2012 last summer touched many. However, many remain in the dark about the factors causing the festival's premature closure. In light of Bloc's recent return to London to a specially licensed East London venue last month, we sat down with Bloc's George Hull to hear the full story and more about the new series...

While the Bloc 2012 catastrophe has been widely documented, speculated to high heaven by bloggers, journalists and hordes of self-appointed pundits on Twitter, the actual reasons for the event's failure remain a little unclear to most. We sat down with Bloc's George Hull for the full story...

An image on Bloc's Facebook, directing users to a new URL – bloclondon.com – has hinted that the festival, which fell from grace at the now liquidated London Pleasure Gardens site after moving from Butlins Minehead last summer, is cooking up a return.